Jennings Julia A, Leslie Paul W
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA.
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA ; Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Hist Fam. 2013 Jan 1;18(2):135-153. doi: 10.1080/1081602X.2012.731016.
This study examines the intergenerational transmission of fertility behavior in Saba, Dutch Caribbean from 1876 to 2004 using reconstituted genealogies. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients of several fertility measures and event-history models of age at first birth are used to explore relationships between the fertility of mothers and their children. The strength of intergenerational fertility ties varies by race and gender. Individuals that are better positioned to realize their fertility preferences have the strongest intergenerational associations, while individuals with the most limited reproductive options have the weakest intergenerational associations. This evidence supports hypotheses that posit the intergenerational transmission of attitudes, goals, and behaviors and the ability to act on those preferences as drivers of the presence or magnitude of links between the fertility of parents and their children.
本研究利用重构的家谱，考察了1876年至2004年荷兰加勒比地区萨巴岛生育行为的代际传递。通过几种生育指标的皮尔逊积矩相关系数以及初育年龄的事件史模型，来探究母亲与子女的生育情况之间的关系。代际生育关联的强度因种族和性别而异。最有能力实现生育偏好的个体，其代际关联最强；而生殖选择最有限的个体，其代际关联最弱。这一证据支持了如下假设：态度、目标和行为的代际传递，以及依据这些偏好采取行动的能力，是父母与子女生育情况之间联系存在与否及强度大小的驱动因素。
